Special Transportation Research Board 2013 Report

Better Roads Staff - Apr 03, 2013

‘Bio-Binder’ Green Modifiers Star at TRB By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor The emerging universe of biologically based modified asphalts got significant exposure at the 92nd annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Washington, D.C. Better Roads was there. More than 11,700 ...

Rap Up

Better Roads Staff - Mar 06, 2013

Making high-RAP mixes -- an art and a science By Daniel C. Brown, Contributing Editor Many state transportation departments have saved tens of millions of dollars by using reclaimed asphalt pavement. RAP is worth the same as the virgin materials it replaces. ...

Roadway Environmental Ratings: What’s Best for Your Agency?

Better Roads Staff - Nov 12, 2012

There's a choice of programs to use in rating sustainable roads By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor The never-ending quest to define which pavements and highways can be considered “environmentally sustainable” has gotten a lot harder, just as it’s gotten easier. Cold milling of ...

Road Science

Better Roads Staff - Sep 06, 2012

The Second Time Around Recycled materials need analysis, characterization By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor There is no stopping the growth of recycled and reclaimed materials in pavements. The use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), reclaimed asphalt shingles (RAS), recycled concrete aggregate (RCA), and recycled ...

Highway Contractor

Better Roads Staff - Aug 05, 2012

HOT! Achieving the high production/quality double on Interstate 10 FNF Construction earned mix quality bonuses averaging $2.30 per ton. FNF Construction and the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) set the bar very high these days in hot mix asphalt paving on Interstate ...

$112.6 million project Central Tri-State Tollway resurfacing began April 2

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 30, 2012

The Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) Resurfacing Project between 95th Street in Oak Lawn, Ill., and Balmoral Avenue in Rosemont, Ill. began on April 2. Work includes roadway repairs and resurfacing the 19-mile section between 95th Street and Franklin Avenue in Franklin ...

$112.6 million project Central Tri-State Tollway resurfacing project begins April 2

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 30, 2012

The Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) Resurfacing Project between 95th Street in Oak Lawn and Balmoral Avenue in Rosemont is scheduled to begin overnight on Monday, April 2. Work includes roadway repairs and resurfacing the 19-mile section between 95th Street and Franklin ...

Reagan Memorial Tollway resurfacing project starts April 1

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 30, 2012

The Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88) Resurfacing Project is scheduled to begin on Sunday, April 1, between Illinois Route 56 in North Aurora and Illinois Route 251 in Rochelle to extend the life of the roadway and provide a smooth driving ...

Road Science

Better Roads Staff - Mar 20, 2012

Eureka! Research that makes a difference Intelligent compaction . . . application of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) . . . prefabricated bridges and pavements. They’re just a few of the themes of research papers presented at the ...

Cracking Cold

Better Roads Staff - Feb 17, 2012

Solving the Riddle of RAP and Thermal Cracking By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor Use of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) in hot-, warm- and cold-mix asphalt is growing dramatically, as tests validate its use in ever-increasing quantities. But there are fears that higher quantities ...

Highway Contractor

Better Roads Staff - Jan 12, 2012

Another Testing 12 Months The recovery continues. Slowly. Slowly. It’s frustrating (again) to have to say it, but it appears that this new year will offer us more of the same. Last year virtually repeating itself, as did the year before that and ...

Kirk Landers — Editor Emeritus

Better Roads Staff - Dec 04, 2011

Innovating Out of the Recession Just before cold weather set in, Illinois-based Gallagher Asphalt demonstrated a new hot-in-place recycling (HIR) technology for the City of Chicago. Unlike traditional HIR processes, which heat and rejuvenate surface asphalt in place, the new Gallagher process ...

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